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Roadrunner

About

About Roadrunner

Roadrunner launches and lands vertically but transitions to high-subsonic forward flight using two turbojet engines. Its modular payload section allows the same reusable air vehicle architecture to support different sensing or mission packages without redesigning the propulsion and flight-control system.

Roadrunner-M adds an explosive interceptor payload for counter-air and counter-UAS missions. It is designed to launch autonomously under operator supervision, pursue an assigned threat and return for recovery when an engagement is cancelled or no longer required, allowing an unused interceptor to be inspected and flown again.

07 APR 2026

Maritime autonomy is broadening

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Capability areas: GPS-denied operation
  • Workflows: Autonomous launch, intercept, recovery, mission autonomy, payload carriage and reusable drone defense.
  • Operating environments: Defence operational environment
  • Target markets: Defense users needing reusable air-defense interceptors and modular autonomous aircraft.
  • Deployment model: Defense aircraft platform integrated with Anduril autonomy and operator systems.
  • VTOL transition flight

    Claimed - 2023-12-01 - Roadrunner-M is presented as a reusable autonomous VTOL interceptor for countering low-cost aerial threats, with return-to-base capability when not expended.

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  • Counter-UAS interception

    Claimed - 2023-12-01 - Roadrunner-M is presented as a reusable autonomous VTOL interceptor for countering low-cost aerial threats, with return-to-base capability when not expended.

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Timeline

  • Anduril unveils Roadrunner reusable autonomous air vehicle

    2023-11-30 - Product Launch - Anduril unveiled Roadrunner as a modular, twin-jet autonomous VTOL air vehicle built to counter low-cost aerial threats. The Roadrunner-M variant was described as a reusable interceptor that can return to base if it is not expended against a target.

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Context

Market context

Roadrunner is Anduril's reusable VTOL autonomous air vehicle for air-defense and counter-UAS missions.

  • Target environment: Air-defense sites, counter-UAS environments, test ranges and tactical defense operations.
  • Workflow context: Autonomous launch, intercept, recovery, mission autonomy, payload carriage and reusable drone defense.
  • Customer context: Defense users needing reusable air-defense interceptors and modular autonomous aircraft.
  • Deployment model: Defense aircraft platform integrated with Anduril autonomy and operator systems.
  • Commercial maturity: Commercial defense product with high public visibility.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on target class, cost, intercept reliability, payload fit and procurement pathway.
  • Market position: Reusable interceptor aircraft that shifts counter-UAS beyond expendable munitions alone.
  • Adjacent products: Roadrunner-M, Lattice, Sentry, Pulsar, BLAZE

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